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Re: fixed font not required by xserver-xfree86 package



On Son, 2003-02-16 at 13:46, Frank Murphy wrote:
> I was installing a sarge system to see if a bug was fixed, and I noticed that 
> the xfonts-base package is not required by xserver-xfree86. I noticed because 
> the Xserver wouldn't start because I had not fixed font installed. After 
> installing xfonts-base, I had no problems.
> 
> Is there a reason that xfonts-base isn't required?

The fixed font can be provided by a font server on another machine. If
you want everything on the same machine, install x-window-system(-core).


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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